R Kelly defense emerges, including saying accusers are lying

CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly yelled through tears in a recent TV interview before an audience numbering in the millions, saying he’s in a fight for his life to disprove sexual abuse charges. That fight will ultimately be waged in court, with an audience numbering just 12 jurors. While the day lawyers deliver opening statements... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 21, 2019

Dubai finds itself entangled in case against R. Kelly

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai found itself entangled in the sex abuse case against American R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday after the performer asked a U.S. judge to allow him to come to the Arabian Peninsula sheikhdom to perform shows and “meet with the royal family.” Officials in Dubai and the wider... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 20, 2019

Pope nixes French cardinal resignation after cover-up

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has declined to accept the resignation of French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin as archbishop of Lyon after he was convicted of failing to report a known predator priest to police, the Vatican said Tuesday. The decision greatly disappointed abuse survivors, given that Barbarin had traveled to the Vatican on Monday... Read More

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Catholic Church, Pope

March 19, 2019

NY self-help guru pleads not guilty to child porn charges

NEW YORK (AP) — The spiritual leader of an upstate New York self-help group pleaded not guilty on Monday to newly filed child pornography charges at a hearing where it became clear that his co-defendants are trying to avoid going to trial with him next month. Keith Raniere was charged last week with exploiting a... Read More

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Keith Raniere

March 19, 2019

Pediatrician gets at least 79 years for assaulting patients

EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania pediatrician was sentenced Monday to at least 79 years in prison for sexually assaulting 31 children, most of them patients, as his now-adult victims blasted not only their abuser but the system that let him get away with it for so long. Dr. Johnnie Barto of Johnstown was... Read More

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Johnnie Barto

March 18, 2019

Judge allows courtroom cameras for trial of R. Kelly

CHICAGO (AP) — Cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during the trial and pretrial hearings in R. Kelly’s sexual abuse case, but the R&B singer’s accusers can’t be photographed or filmed without their consent, a judge ruled Friday. The Grammy-winning singer didn’t attend the brief hearing in Cook County Circuit Court, but his attorney... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 18, 2019

Pediatrician to be sentenced for assaulting 31 children

EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania pediatrician is scheduled for sentencing Monday in the sexual assault of 31 children, most of them patients, in a case that state medical regulators failed to act on nearly two decades ago. Dr. Johnnie Barto of Johnstown will be sentenced on dozens of counts, including aggravated indecent assault... Read More

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Johnnie Barto

March 18, 2019

51 women sue USOC for failing to stop Nassar abuse

DENVER (AP) — Fifty-one women are suing the U.S. Olympic Committee, its board members and a number of former high-ranking officials for failing to prevent their abuse at the hands of imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Denver, details abuse dating to the late 1990s. One of the... Read More

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Larry Nassar

March 15, 2019

Man could get death in teen’s rape, murder, dismemberment

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania jury will decide on life or death for a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty in the 2016 rape, murder and dismemberment of his girlfriend’s teenage daughter. Jacob Sullivan, 46, pleaded guilty to all charges last month in a case that raised questions about the child welfare system’s failure to... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

March 15, 2019

R. Kelly sex tapes: from duffel bag to national circulation

CHICAGO (AP) — An acquaintance of R. Kelly’s recalled how the singer once lugged a duffel bag everywhere — to recording studios, film sets and gyms. Stuffed inside, she said, was a collection of his homemade VHS sex tapes. Despite Kelly’s efforts in the 1990s to hold those recordings close, some leaked out. Untold numbers... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 14, 2019

R. Kelly’s sex videos have circulated nationwide for years

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R. Kelly

March 13, 2019

Cardinal Pell sent to prison for abusing 2 boys in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for molesting two choirboys in an Australian cathedral in a crime the judge said showed “staggering arrogance.” Cardinal George Pell must serve a minimum of 3 years and 8 months before he is eligible... Read More

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Catholic Church, George Pell

March 12, 2019

Former school trainer in sex abuse case set to plead guilty

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former Montana athletic trainer who prosecutors say sexually abused numerous students over decades under the guise of improving their athletic performance is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of coercion and enticement. The charge is related his use of the internet and telephones in the 1990s to... Read More

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March 12, 2019

Feds accuse vice officer of forcing women into sex

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A longtime police officer forced women to have sex with him under threat of an arrest, pressured others to help cover up crimes, and lied to federal investigators when he said he’d never had sex with prostitutes, according to charges unveiled Monday. Columbus vice squad Officer Andrew Mitchell, 55, was arrested... Read More

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Andrew Mitchell

R Kelly defense emerges, including saying accusers are lying

Dubai finds itself entangled in case against R. Kelly

Pope nixes French cardinal resignation after cover-up

NY self-help guru pleads not guilty to child porn charges

Pediatrician gets at least 79 years for assaulting patients

Judge allows courtroom cameras for trial of R. Kelly

Pediatrician to be sentenced for assaulting 31 children

51 women sue USOC for failing to stop Nassar abuse

Man could get death in teen’s rape, murder, dismemberment

R. Kelly sex tapes: from duffel bag to national circulation

R. Kelly’s sex videos have circulated nationwide for years

Cardinal Pell sent to prison for abusing 2 boys in Australia

Former school trainer in sex abuse case set to plead guilty

Feds accuse vice officer of forcing women into sex

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